Fireworks CS4 Batch Process not working

Question

I know - CS4 is old but I don't use it a ton.

I'm trying to crop a bunch of photos (86) to the same size all at one time by using the batch process. I tried scaling all 86 at one time, however, FWs only batched 41 out of 86 images. When I tried to process the ones FWs missed (the next 20), none of the images showed up in the folder even though FWs showed that it was processing them. The photos did not end up in the folder like the other ones (I know I chose the right/same folder).

I did another test - tried to scale/batch 7 vertical images and the first time it processed only one of them, the next two times, none.

Any help or advice?

TIA!!!

Nancy OShea · Answer

You could try scrapping the Preferences file. When you restart FW, it will create a new Preferences file for you.

WIN: C:\Documents and Settings\[USER NAME]\Application Data\Macromedia\Fireworks [VER]\[LANGUAGE]

I can't tell you to reinstall FW from 2008 because it's impossible to activate CS4. The aged-out activation servers no longer exist. CS4 is dead. At some point you'll have to switch to other software.

PhotoPea: https://www.photopea.com/ can open layered PNG files and export them to file types supported by other graphics software.

ADOBE TOOLS
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Photoshop Elements: https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop-elements.html
Batch process: File > Process Multiple Files. This opens the Process Multiple Files panel.
Photoshop CC: https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop.html
Batch process: File > Automate > Batch. This open the Batch process panel.

Hope that helps.

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